melodie07 wrote:I am a spouse of EEA national and have a residence permit from UK.
My residence permit expires in 2009 and I moved out of the UK with my husband in 2006.
We are planning to go back to UK at the end of 2008. Do I need to reapply family permit or I can use my existing residence permit as it is not expired yet?
Is it also possible to renew my residence permit once I am in the UK?
How long were you living in the UK?
Did you have a "Residence Card" or some other form of residence permit?
Have you maintained a regular presence in the UK since 2006, or have you been totally absent from the UK during this time?
I believe that normally the rule is that absences of more than 6 months mean you may not be resident any more. Sometime in 2006 to end of 2008 is about two an a half years, so it may depend on how often you were in the UK.
It could be somebody will ask you to reapply for a Residence Card. But you have a legal right to be here with your husband, and the Residence Card is only a way of showing people you have that right. An application for another residence card should be pretty straight forward.
